Keynote speaker Ted J. Thomas, Chairman of the Arkansas Public Service Commission, will deliver remarks on the trends and challenges facing our nation’s energy system and their impact on Arkansas’ advanced energy industry.

A policy panel will focus on the grid integration of renewable energy sources and feature representatives from Little Rock-based regional transmission operators MISO and Southwest Power Pool and large-scale solar developer Silicon Ranch.

During the lunch program, the winners of the Arkansas Advanced Energy Awards will be recognized and the winner of the prestigious Ron Bell Advanced Energy Leadership Award will be announced.

“Customer demand and
innovation are driving the growing adoption and deployment of advanced energy
sources and technologies,” AAEA Executive Director Katie Laning Niebaum said. “Arkansas’s
advanced energy industry is playing a key role in our state’s economy as the
advanced energy transition continues. AAEA members are leading the way,
delivering technologies and services that bring added value to the Arkansas
economy through job creation and economic development.”